Broken Glass, Unbroken Spirit – 2021 Kristallnacht Commemoration

Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass -

The night that marked the onset of the Holocaust. On November 9-10, 1938, Nazi forces set fire to or destroyed over two hundred synagogues, damaged 7,000 Jewish-owned businesses, arrested 30,000 Jews, and murdered 91 Jews in Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland.

Join with the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and the Jewish community to commemorate this important occasion online. 

When: Tuesday 9 November at 7.30pm. AEDT

Register: online here OR

RSVP: to Suzanne Green at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Eddie Jaku OAM will be honoured at this year’s commemoration, with the theme Broken Glass, Unbroken Spirit. On 9 November 1938, Eddie returned home from boarding school to an empty house. At dawn, Nazi soldiers burst in, Eddie was beaten and taken to Buchenwald. That night was the onset of the horrors to come for Eddie and the Jewish people of Europe.